Many other health items are already exempt from the GST, including nicotine patches, sunscreen and even Viagra. The tax impost on sanitary items - which also extends to menstrual cups, maternity pads and leak-proof underwear - has always been described as unfair because men's products like condoms and Viagra are exempt. [Full Article...]

Advise them to go about 30 miles if..." The letter comes as questions have been raised about Mr Kavanaugh's description of his behaviour when he was in high school and college - a topic that has itself been raised as a result of allegations of sexual misconduct from women who knew him in high school or college, and have alleged incidents that occurred while Mr Kavanaugh was drinking heavily. [Full Article...]

In one message, Yarasavage reportedly told Berchem that Kavanaugh asked her to go on the record in his defense. The classmate, Kerry Berchem , prepared a memo about the text messages and attempted to submit them to the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 27 following Kavanaugh's testimony and that of Christine Blasey Ford , according to NBC News , which obtained a copy of the memo. [Full Article...]

The Dutch government on Thursday accused Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU , of targeting the world's chemical weapons watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, through a cyber operation. John Demers, US Assistant Attorney General for National Security , confirmed that known attack targets included the OPCW, football body FIFA, the World Anti-doping Agenc... [Full Article...]

Public transport across the nation has been severely disrupted, with delays in Tokyo on Monday morning causing disruption as trains and power lines were checked. East Japan Railway Co. shut down all of its train services in the metropolitan area Sunday evening and had only resumed them partially by 9 a.m. Monday. [Full Article...]

Records show Hopkins, 74, is a disabled Vietnam veteran and disbarred lawyer who has faced several charges in recent years, starting with a 2014 count of disorderly conduct. He did not say why he wasn't using state police like most law enforcement agencies do in officer shootings in SC. Florence County Sheriff Kenney Boone asked South Carolinians to keep Florence in their thoughts. [Full Article...]

FEMA didn't force wireless carriers to participate, but as NBC News notes , a lot of them did anyway. The WEA test can, however, be ducked by powering your phone down. The EAS test message is a nationwide emergency alert test that is sent out on broadcast television and radio, rather than on mobile phones. FEMA is now testing the various alert systems as part of that integration effort. [Full Article...]

Sepang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Aziz Ali said that the divers were attached to a single line, in accordance with standard operating procedure, when the freak accident occurred. The search for the boy was said to resume on Thursday morning. "There was one previous case when we lost two members of the department", he said. " This is a very sad day for us ". [Full Article...]